Dec. 5, 2008
Oxford, Ohio - The Fighting Illini remained in third place at the conclusion of the second day of the Miami Invitational with 740.5 points. Miami moved into first place with 1346.5 points, while Florida Golf Coast got bumped to second with 771 points.
"We were a little up and down overall today," head coach Sue Novitsky said. "It was a long day with multiple girls participating in multiple swims. Today was a great test of their strength and hopefully we can come back strong tomorrow."
Freshman Laura Adrian swam to sixth place in the championship final of the 100 back with a time of 57.33, making her the eighth-fastest backstroker in Illinois history. Junior CeCe Marizu finished close behind in eighth place (57.75).
Senior Marissa Clapp finished in seventh place in the championship final of the 100 breast (1:05.64). Junior Jen Ivarson swam to fifth place in the 200 fly (2:05.44).
The Illini jump back into the pool for the third day of the Miami Invitational at 9 a.m. Saturday morning. A full recap will be available on fightingillini.com after the conclusion of the competition.
